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• BlackBerry maker RIM to cut 2,000 jobs
  Research In Motion (RIM) will cut 2,000 jobs, or about 11 per cent of its global workforce, this year to reduce costs in the competitive ...
• Crime rate rises in province, while declines seen...
  The crime rate continued a 20-year decline last year, dropping five per cent from 2009 and hitting the lowest level since 1973, Statistics Canada ...
• Film profiles notorious eco-warrior
  Paul Watson, the man former Newfoundland premier Danny Williams once called a high-seas “terrorist,” has spent roughly 40 years developing a ...
• ‘Safety is taking a back seat to the bottom line’
  A lawyer for the families of victims of a 2009 helicopter crash off the coast of Newfoundland says he is disappointed the U.S. aviation regulator ...
• Doctors, nurses offer premiers health-reform...
  OTTAWA — Canada’s doctors and nurses want the premiers to put together a national reform package for the health-care system focused on patients, ...
• Retrofit of helicopter gearbox not necessary: FAA
  HALIFAX — The U.S. aviation regulator says it won’t require the retrofit of a gearbox blamed in a fatal helicopter crash off Newfoundland because ...
• Violent storm topples stage during Cheap Trick...
  A sudden violent gale toppled the main stage at Ottawa Bluesfest in the middle of a Cheap Trick concert Sunday, sending thousands of people ...
• Commemorative Bruins photo betrays outgoing NATO...
  KABUL, Afghanistan — The outgoing commander of NATO forces in Afghanistan has let slip his hockey allegiance, and — unfortunately for Canadians — ...
• Sick, grumpy, late staff a headache for Elections...
  OTTAWA — Elections Canada scrambled to staff dozens of polling stations across Canada on May 2 when the people it hired called in sick, slept ...
• Greening Canada’s game: Manitoba looks at...
  WINNIPEG — Manitoba hockey players, figure skaters and curlers could soon be among the first in Canada to play on ice made from recycled shower ...
• Romeo Cormier convicted on all charges in New...
  MONCTON, N.B. — Romeo Cormier has been convicted of abducting a New Brunswick woman last year and keeping her prisoner in his home for almost a ...
• Casey Anthony acquitted of murder in death of her...
  ORLANDO, Fla. — A Florida jury has acquitted Casey Anthony of murdering her 2-year-old daughter Caylee. Anthony showed no reaction when the ...
• Jury expected to begin deliberations in Moncton...
  MONCTON, N.B. — The trial of a Moncton man accused of abducting a woman last year and holding her captive in his basement apartment for almost a ...
• Romeo Cormier’s testimony in abduction trial...
  MONCTON, N.B. — The Crown says the testimony of a New Brunswick man who denies kidnapping a woman last year and keeping her captive in his ...
• Long term study supports finding that mammography...
  Breast cancer screening with mammography leads to a significant reduction in risk for breast cancer deaths, the long-term followup to a large ...
• CFIA recalls sandwich products in Atlantic Canada...
  OTTAWA — The Canadian Food Inspection Agency and King’s Processing Ltd. of Alberton, PEI, are warning the public not to consume certain sandwich ...
• UPDATE: 'Why would I kill my husband for something...
  MONCTON, N.B. — A 55-year-old New Brunswick woman who says she was kidnapped and held against her will for nearly a month is rejecting testimony ...
• Explosive talk leads to delay of Air Canada...
  HALIFAX — More than 200 passengers were ordered off an Air Canada flight in Halifax on Tuesday after a traveller reported overhearing two men ...
• Update: York cop’s death reminder of policing...
  NEWMARKET, Ont. — The president of the Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police says the death this morning of an officer during a traffic stop ...
• More teenaged girls hurt as overall injury rate on...
  OTTAWA — A new study says about 4.27 million Canadians aged 12 or older suffered an injury severe enough to limit their usual activities in ...
• ’What stopped her from popping me in the head?’...
  MONCTON, N.B. — A man charged with kidnapping a New Brunswick woman last year and keeping her captive in his home for almost a month says she had ...
• UPDATE: Alleged kidnapper tells trial woman and him...
  MONCTON, N.B. — A man accused of kidnapping a New Brunswick woman last year and keeping her captive in his basement apartment for almost a month ...
• Canada Post halts work at urban centres, union calls...
  Canada Post’s union says the Crown corporation was irresponsible when it suspended urban mail operations across the country starting today.The ...
• Air Canada customer service agents walk off the job,...
  TORONTO — A strike by Air Canada’s customer service agents and other airport workers caused minor delays Tuesday morning, but union members ...
• Canada Post cuts delivery to three days a week as...
  MONTREAL — Households in Canada’s cities will not be getting mail today as Canada Post begins cutting back its scheduled delivery in urban ...
• N.B. hockey arena being used to pick potential...
  MONCTON, N.B. — The trial of a 62-year-old man accused of kidnapping a Moncton woman last year gets underway today with the selection of a ...
• Air Canada talks continue as clock ticks down to...
  MONTREAL — Some workers at Air Canada (TSX:AC.B) threaten to go on strike at midnight if a deal with the airline isn’t reached by the end of the ...
• Bruins look to deny Canucks chance to celebrate in...
  BOSTON — Under the roof at TD Garden, the Vancouver Canucks organization was changed forever.When former general manager Brian Burke stole the ...
• Canada Post to reduce mail deliveries, union to...
  Canada Post and the union representing most of its employees are turning up the pressure on each other and the public, as their negotiators grind ...
• Bruins get back on even terms
  BOSTON — The Vancouver Canucks are heading home in search of answers after letting the Boston Bruins back in the Stanley Cup final. Tim Thomas ...